• Effect of Metakaolin and Cement on the Soil Water Characteristics Curve of Expansive clay Soils Using Pressure Plate Apparatus 

  Muluager, Beweket Demelew (2024-06)

  Expansive soils have the inherent property of swelling when they have adsorbed water and shrinking when they are dried. This property of expansive soil causes to damage structures constructed on it. To minimize the impact ...
• IMPACT OF QUARRY DUST AND WATER HYACINTH STEM ASH ON THE ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF EXPANSIVE SOILS USING SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTICS CURVE (A CASE IN LUMAME TOWN). 

  MIHERETU, ABEBAW (2023-06)

  Soil stabilization is one of several ground improvement methods used around the world. Researchers in geotechnical engineering have investigated the use of waste materials as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly ...
• ASSESSMENT OF ROAD PAVEMENT FAILURE FROM DEJEN TO FELEGEBIRHAN ROAD SECTION, THE CASE OF TIK TO BICHENA ROAD SECTION 

  Getaw, Hailu (2024-04)

  In Ethiopia, roads often fail before the end of the design period or, in some cases, a few months after completion. Failures can have many different causes, but are typically caused by poor construction practices, poor ...
• Strength Improvement of weak sub grade soil using Nylon fiber and Lime 

  Belete, Muche Asmare (2023-09)

  In the case of a highway, a weak subgrade results in a greater thickness of pavement layer, which increases the cost of pavement construction. As the subgrade soil is too weak to bear the load, engineering solutions such ...
• SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE OF BLAST FURNACE SLAG AND CEMENT TREATED CLAY SOILS 

  AFEWORK, LIMENH ALEMYE (2024-02)

  Expansive soils change their volume due to changes in moisture condition. The volume change characteristics of this soil lead to different problems for structures constructed on it. To minimize the impact of the expansive ...
• Assessment of Causes of Road Pavement Failure along Checheho-Damot Road Segment 

  Yeshihareg, Alelign (2023-11)

  This study is a survey to assess the flexible pavement conditions to identify and specify the different pavement failure types for the selected road segment. Most of the roads constructed in Ethiopia fail before ...
• IMPROVED MATHEMATICAL MODEL DESCRIBING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF FINE GRAINED SOILS 

  TEGEGNE, ALEBACHEW MOGES (2023-06-22)

  Accurate and cost-effective approaches are required to determine the unsaturated soil property functions. Past research studies have indicated that particle-size distribution data of soils are a ...
• Soil Water Characteristic Curve Predictive Model from Basic Index Soil Properties for Red Clay Soils (case in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia) 

  Kidist, Zemene Alene (2023-07)

  Unsaturated soils are a common feature in many regions worldwide and play a crucial role in various geotechnical engineering applications. However, the complex and timeconsuming nature of determining unsaturated ...
• Numerical Investigation of Ground Slope Modification Factor for Depth Term of Conventional Bearing Capacity Equation 

  Habte, Baye Asres (2023-05)

  With a rapid growth of population in developing countries like Ethiopia, the constructions of residential and commercial developments are booming in urban areas. New developments are constructed adjacent to ...
• STABILIZATION OF BLACK COTTON SOILWITH SYNTHETIC CLOTH WASTE ASH AND LIME IN NEFAS MEWUCHA TOWN 

  ETSEGENET, TAMIRAT DESALEGN (2023-03)

  Any civil engineering construction needs soil as its fundamental basis and the stability of these structures depends greatly on the quality of the underlying soils. Poorly engineered soils are difficult to build on ...

• Effect of Metakaolin and Cement on the Soil Water Characteristics Curve of Expansive clay Soils Using Pressure Plate Apparatus 

  Muluager, Beweket Demelew (2024-06)

  Expansive soils have the inherent property of swelling when they have adsorbed water and shrinking when they are dried. This property of expansive soil causes to damage structures constructed on it. To minimize the impact ...
• IMPACT OF QUARRY DUST AND WATER HYACINTH STEM ASH ON THE ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF EXPANSIVE SOILS USING SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTICS CURVE (A CASE IN LUMAME TOWN). 

  MIHERETU, ABEBAW (2023-06)

  Soil stabilization is one of several ground improvement methods used around the world. Researchers in geotechnical engineering have investigated the use of waste materials as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly ...
• ASSESSMENT OF ROAD PAVEMENT FAILURE FROM DEJEN TO FELEGEBIRHAN ROAD SECTION, THE CASE OF TIK TO BICHENA ROAD SECTION 

  Getaw, Hailu (2024-04)

  In Ethiopia, roads often fail before the end of the design period or, in some cases, a few months after completion. Failures can have many different causes, but are typically caused by poor construction practices, poor ...
• Strength Improvement of weak sub grade soil using Nylon fiber and Lime 

  Belete, Muche Asmare (2023-09)

  In the case of a highway, a weak subgrade results in a greater thickness of pavement layer, which increases the cost of pavement construction. As the subgrade soil is too weak to bear the load, engineering solutions such ...
• SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE OF BLAST FURNACE SLAG AND CEMENT TREATED CLAY SOILS 

  AFEWORK, LIMENH ALEMYE (2024-02)

  Expansive soils change their volume due to changes in moisture condition. The volume change characteristics of this soil lead to different problems for structures constructed on it. To minimize the impact of the expansive ...
• Assessment of Causes of Road Pavement Failure along Checheho-Damot Road Segment 

  Yeshihareg, Alelign (2023-11)

  This study is a survey to assess the flexible pavement conditions to identify and specify the different pavement failure types for the selected road segment. Most of the roads constructed in Ethiopia fail before ...
• IMPROVED MATHEMATICAL MODEL DESCRIBING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF FINE GRAINED SOILS 

  TEGEGNE, ALEBACHEW MOGES (2023-06-22)

  Accurate and cost-effective approaches are required to determine the unsaturated soil property functions. Past research studies have indicated that particle-size distribution data of soils are a ...
• Soil Water Characteristic Curve Predictive Model from Basic Index Soil Properties for Red Clay Soils (case in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia) 

  Kidist, Zemene Alene (2023-07)

  Unsaturated soils are a common feature in many regions worldwide and play a crucial role in various geotechnical engineering applications. However, the complex and timeconsuming nature of determining unsaturated ...
• Numerical Investigation of Ground Slope Modification Factor for Depth Term of Conventional Bearing Capacity Equation 

  Habte, Baye Asres (2023-05)

  With a rapid growth of population in developing countries like Ethiopia, the constructions of residential and commercial developments are booming in urban areas. New developments are constructed adjacent to ...
• STABILIZATION OF BLACK COTTON SOILWITH SYNTHETIC CLOTH WASTE ASH AND LIME IN NEFAS MEWUCHA TOWN 

  ETSEGENET, TAMIRAT DESALEGN (2023-03)

  Any civil engineering construction needs soil as its fundamental basis and the stability of these structures depends greatly on the quality of the underlying soils. Poorly engineered soils are difficult to build on ...
• INVESTIGATION OF THE GEOTECHNICAL CHARACTER OF SOIL FOR STABILIZED EARTH BRICKS BY MAIZE COB ASH 

  ABAYNEH, WEDAJE GESSESE (2023-06)

  This thesis abstract explores the utilization of soil as a readily available and abundant resource for various applications, including cost-effective alternatives to traditional construction materials. While ...
• PREDICTION OF UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH VALUE FROM INDEX PROPERTIES OF SUBGRADE SOIL: A CASE ALONG SEBATAMITE – TIS ABAY ROAD 

  MIKRIE, YISMAW LAKEW (2023-01)

  Correlations are important to estimate engineering properties of soils particularly for project where there is a financial limitation, lack of test equipment or limited time. Although correlations ...
• SWCC for Lateritic Soil Blended with Cinder Used for Road Sub Base 

  Getasew, Kindie (2022-09)

  Lateritic soils are used as the construction of road sub-base materials. Some lateritic soil does not satisfy the sub-base specifications recommended by Ethiopia Road Authority (ERA). This research was focused on ...
• PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR COMPRESSION AND RECOMPRESSION INDICES BASED ON INDEX PROPERTIES OF RED CLAY SOILS: A CASE STUDY OF BAHIR DAR CITY 

  DESALEGN, TAMIR TEBEJE (2023-02-09)

  The recompression and compression index of fine-grained soil, obtained from the onedimensional consolidation test, is used to determine the settlement of over-consolidated and normally consolidated fine-grained ...
• Impact of Compaction Energy on SWCC of Stabilized Expansive Soil using Marble Waste 

  Bayou, Alehegn Wubet (2022-12)

  In tropical countries, including Ethiopia Expansive soils are difficult deposits for civil engineering construction because they swell and shrink during the wet and dry seasons, respectively. The ...
• PREDICTION OF SWELLING PRESSURE USING INDEXPROPERTIES OF EBINAT TOWN EXPANSIVE SOILS 

  ALAZAR, JEMBERU KASSA (2023-03)

  As soil moisture content varies, expansive soils experience significant volume changes, causing significant damage to foundations built on these soils. To minimize the problem, the determination of volume ...
• Geotechnical and Micro Structural Characteristics of Expansive Soils Stabilized with Cinder Fine and Class – C Fly Ash 

  TEWODROS, ABELEGNE (2022-11)

  Volume-changing soils are among the most challenging geomaterials commonly met on the planet during infrastructural development. This study investigates the change in the geotechnical and microstructural characteristics ...
• PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF ADDIS ZEMEN EXPANSIVE SOILS USING SAWDUST AND RICE HUSK ASHES 

  SIMEGN, MIHRET ADANE (2022-08)

  The soil has many engineering properties in its natural state. These properties, however, can be altered to meet desired standards by combining the soil with certain materials. The combined effect of rice ...
• A FORENSIC STUDY ON THE WORETA-DEBRE TABOR ROAD SECTION FAILURE USING EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL APPROACHES. 

  Saleamlak, Alene Tiruneh (2022-09)

  In Woreta-Debre Tabor road section part of Woreta-Woldia link road there is around 400 m section of the road which is un-surfaced from construction period up to know due to instability problems happened during ...
• PREDICTION OF SWELLING PRESSURE USING INDEX PROPERTIES OF EXPANSIVE SOILS (CASE STUDY IN DANGILA TOWN, ETHIOPIA) 

  MAHILET, DAGNE (2022-10)

  Potentially expansive soils can be found almost anywhere in the world. The Presence of swelling soils under the foundations of civil engineering structures particularly, lightly loaded structures has caused serious ...

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